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Previous|123456|Next Lot #201 The Laws of the United States of America View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(United States)HeadlineLaws of the United States 1796PublisherRichard FolwellDate Published1796 Lot #202 The Blue and Gold, Volumes Fifty-One and Fifty-three View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(University of California, Berkeley)HeadlineThree U.C. Berkeley Year Books 1924-1926PublisherUniversity of CaliforniaDate Published1924-26 Lot #203 California's Memorial Stadium: To perpetuate California's glorious past - To build for her glorious future View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - University of California, Berkeley)HeadlineUC Berkeley's Memorial Stadium booklet, c.1921Publisher[Printed at Berkeley by Lederer, Street & Zeus Co.]Date Published[c.1921] Lot #204 Salt Lake City, With a sketch of the route of the Union and Central Pacific Railroads, from Omaha to tSlat Lake City, and from Ogden to San Francisco View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Utah)HeadlineRare Salt Lake City View BookPublisherT. Nelson and SonsDate Publishedc.1870 Lot #205 Villas and Cottages. A Series of Designs Prepared for Execution in the United States View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorVaux, CalvertHeadlineVillas and Cottages for the United States by VauxPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1864 Lot #206 Three titles by Blanche Collet Wagner View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorWagner, Blanche ColletHeadlineThree titles by Blanche Collet WagnerDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #207 The Plains and the Rockies: A Bibliography of Original Narratives of Travel and Adventure 1800-1865 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorWagner, Henry R. and Charles L. CampHeadlineThe Plains and the Rockies Third EditionPublisherLong's College Book Co.Date Published1953 Lot #208 Nueva Bibliografia Mexicana del Siglo XVI. Suplemento a las Biblografias de Don Joaquin Garcia Icabalceta, Don José Toribio Medina y Don Nicolas Leon. View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Wagner, Henry R.)AuthorWagner, Enrique R.HeadlineNueva Bibliografia Mexicana Henry R. WagnerPublisherEditorial PolisDate Published1940 Lot #209 California Voyages, 1539-1541. Translation of Original Documents View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorWagner, Henry R., editorHeadlineCalifornia Voyages, 1539-1541 inscribed from authorPublisherJohn HowellDate Published1925 Lot #210 Four Zamorano & Roxburghe Club keepsakes by Henry R. Wagner View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorWagner, Henry R.HeadlineZamorano & Roxburghe Keepsakes by HR WagnerDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #211 The Plains and the Rockies: A Bibliography of Original Narratives of Travel and Adventure, 1800-1865 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorWagner, Henry R.HeadlineWagner-Camp The Plains & The Rockies 1937PublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1937 Lot #212 Photographs Made on the Rodman Wanamaker Historical Expeditions to the North American Indian Comprise the Most Complete Collection of Indian Subjects in Existence - 12 pp. booklet of photographs View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorWanamaker, RodmanHeadlineRare photography catalog Rodman Wanamaker exhibit c.1914Date Published[c.1914] Lot #213 Wells Fargo & Co Express. Official Directory View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Wells Fargo & Co.)HeadlineWells Fargo & Co Express. Official Directory 1916PublisherWells Fargo & CoDate Published1916 Lot #214 Collection envelope from Wells, Fargo & Co's Express, filled out in ink, transmitting $25 from S.J. Harris in Mariposa, drawn on the Commercial Bank of Madera View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Wells, Fargo & Co.)HeadlineCollection envelope from Wells, Fargo & Co. 1899Date PublishedJune 19, 1899 Lot #215 Commission envelope from Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express, filled out in ink, transmitting $5 in coin View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Wells, Fargo & Co.)HeadlineCommission envelope from Wells, Fargo & Co. 1860Date Published10 Dec. 1860 Lot #216 Report and Supplementary Report of a Visit to Spotted Tail's Tribe of Brule Sioux Indians, the Yankton and Santee Sioux, Ponkas and the Chippewas of Minnesota, October, 1870 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Author[Welsh, William]HeadlineVisit to Spotted Tail's Tribe of Brule Sioux IndiansPublisherM'Calla & StavelyDate Published1870 Lot #217 Ten volumes of Western Americana View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Western Americana)HeadlineTen volumes on the American WestDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #218 Twelve volumes of Western Americana View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Western Americana)HeadlineTwelve books on the American WestDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #219 Six volumes on Western art and artists View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Western Art)Headline6 volumes on Western art and artistsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #220 Mapping the American West, 1540-1857. A Preliminary Study View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorWheat, Carl I.HeadlineWheat's preliminary study on the maps of the American WestPublisherAmerican Antiquarian SocietyDate Published1954 Lot #221 Bound volume of prospectuses for Wheat's Mapping the Transmississippi West View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorWheat, Carl IrvingHeadlineProspectuses for Wheat's Mapping the Trans-Mississippi WestPublisherInstitute for Historical CartographyDate Published1957-1963 Lot #222 Mapping the Transmississippi West...1540-1861 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorWheat, Carl I[rving]HeadlineWheat's Mapping the Transmississippi WestPublisherInstitute for Historical CartographyDate Published1957-1963 Lot #223 Report Upon Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian - Volume III only View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorWheeler, George M.HeadlineVolume 3 of the Wheeler surveyPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1875 Lot #224 War Message of President Wilson and Proclamation Declaring State of War. Including Rules for Conduct of Enemy Aliens View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$50StatusSold AuthorWilson, WoodrowHeadlineWar Message of Pres. Wilson - rare 11 pg. edition 1917PublisherRincon Publ. Co.Date PublishedApril 2, 1917 Lot #225 Narrative and Critical History of America View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWinsor, Justin (ed.)HeadlineNarrative and Critical History of AmericaPublisherHoughton, MifflinDate Published1889 Lot #226 Jamie Wyeth View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Wyeth, Jamie)HeadlineJamie Wyeth's art, signed by WyethPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1980 Lot #227 A General History of the British Empire in America View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorWynne, John HuddlestoneHeadlineWynne's History of the British Empire in American 1770PublisherW. Richardson and L. UrquhartDate Published1770 Lot #228 Chromolithograph view of Yosemite Valley View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Yosemite)HeadlineChromolithograph view of Yosemited 1870sPublisherCharles H. Crosby & Co.Date Published[c.1870s] Lot #229 Yosemite and the Big Trees of California [cover title]. E.S. Denison's Yosemite Views [on half title] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Heading(Yosemite)Author[Denison, E.S.]HeadlineYosemite and the Big Trees of California 50 viewsPublisher[E.S. Denison]Date Published[1881] Lot #230 Yosemite the Beautiful (cover title) View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Yosemite)AuthorFoley, Daniel JosephHeadlineD.J. Foley Yosemite the BeautifulPublisherD.J. FoleyDate Published[c.1910] Lot #231 Letter from the Mutual Security Company offering for sale bonds to cover the construction costs of the Yosemite Post Office Building, on letterhead with a reproduced photograph of the building View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Yosemite)HeadlineConstruction of the Yosemite Post Office Bldg.Date Publishedc.1925 Lot #232 Yosemite Valley Through the Stereoscope View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Yosemite)HeadlineYosemite Valley Through the StereoscopePublisherUnderwood & UnderwoodDate Published[c. 1900] Lot #233 Touring: The Free Tourist Guide of the West] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Yosemite, etc.)HeadlineScarce Western tourist guide 1919PublisherPeck-Juday Co.Date PublishedJaunuary, 1919 Lot #234 The Philadelphia Gazette & Daily Advertiser - Sep. 22, 1800 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(1800 George Washington’s blue-eyed Slave escapes)Headline1800 George Washington’s blue-eyed Slave escapesDate PublishedSep. 22, 1800 Lot #235 Autograph Letter Signed - Southern woman in New England ambivalent about Slavery View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(1839 Southern woman in New England ambivalent about Slavery)AuthorBonner, M[ary] E.Headline1839 ALs from a southern woman in New England about slaveryDate PublishedAugust 16, 1839 Lot #236 Three anti-slavery or colonization reports View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(1843-1862 Baptist Anti-Slavery and African Colonization)Headline3 publications on anit-slavery in America 1843-1862Date Published1843-1862 Lot #237 Autograph Document from the King of Denmark ordering minor reforms for slaves in the Danish West Indies View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(1844 King of Denmark “reforms” Slavery in Virgin Islands)Headline1844 King of Denmark “reforms” document, Slavery in Virgin IslandsDate Published1844 Lot #238 Autograph Document Signed - “A True Bill…State vs. Noah Ashe, free Man of Color, Cohabiting with Slave” View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(1851 Free Black man indicted for living with slave woman, North Carolina_AuthorPowell, Peter D., et. al.Headline1851 Free Black man indicted for living with slave woman, N.C.Date PublishedMay Term, 1851 Lot #239 Autograoh Letter Signed - about an unregistered "Free Negro" jailed in Virginia View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(1852 Unregistered "Free Negro" jailed in Virginia)AuthorDugger, D.B.HeadlineALs about 1852 Unregistered "Free Negro" jailed in VirginiaDate PublishedJune 3, 1852 Lot #240 Manuscript and printed Document Signed, as Mayor of Richmond, Virginia - Virginia Registration of an Emancipated Slave View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(1858 Virginia Registration of an Emancipated Slave )AuthorMayo, JosephHeadline1858 Virginia Registration of an Emancipated SlaveDate PublishedJanuary 28, 1858 Lot #241 Scarce group of 9 documents and letters relating to Benjamin Franklin Tibbs, a free black man of Danville and Lexington, Kentucky, before, during, and after the Civil War View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(1859-1884 Papers of a free Black Man in Civil War-era Kentucky)HeadlineArchive relating to Benjamin Franklin Tibbs, a free black manDate Published1859-1884 Lot #242 Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments: Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartwright, on this Important Subject View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(1860)AuthorElliott, E.N.HeadlineCotton is King Pro-slavery argumentsPublisherPritchard, Abbott & LoomisDate Published1860 Lot #243 Autograph Letter Signed about replacing Confederate Cotton during the American Civil War View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(1861 Africa to replace Confederate Cotton during the American Civil War)Author[Ashley-Cooper, Anthony, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury]Headline1861 Civil War letter about replacing Confederate CottonDate PublishedJune 14, 18961 Lot #244 Autograph Letter Signed about free Blacks in Oberlin, Ohio View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(1861 Free Blacks of Oberlin, Ohio 2 months before Civil War)AuthorSmith, MosesHeadlineLetter about 1861 Free Blacks of Oberlin, OHDate PublishedFebruary 2, 1861 Lot #245 Autograph Letter Signed - Ohio Anti-Slavery Republican backs racial segregation of Temperance movement View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(1861 Racism in the Temperance movement)AuthorCary, S.[amuel] F.[enton]HeadlineALS from an Ohio Anti-slavery Republican, 1861Date PublishedFebruary 16, 1861 Lot #246 Monthly Return of Clothing, Camp and Garrison Equipage... 29th Conn. Vols. Cold. duing the month of March, 1864 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(1865 - African American Troops in Civil War)HeadlineAfrican American Regiment in Civil WarDate Published1865 Lot #247 Autograph Letter Signed - "Negros are not the same" in post-Civil War South Carolina View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(1866 ‘Negros are not the same’ in post-Civil War South Carolina)AuthorMaryck, EdwardHeadline1866 ALs about ‘Negros are not the same’ in S.C.Date PublishedNovember 15, 1866 Lot #248 Autograph Letter Signed - ‘Radical’ New York Teacher of Ex-Slaves in Tennessee: “Rebels are all quiet…” View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(1869 ‘Radical’ New York Teacher of Ex-Slaves in Tennessee: “Rebels are all quiet…”)AuthorS.J.HeadlineALS from a 'radical' NY teacher of ex-slaves 1869Date PublishedApril 12, 1869 Lot #249 Printed and handwritten document Signed - Buffalo Soldier Discharge in Indian Territory, signed by Indian Wars hero View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(1872 Buffalo Soldier Discharge in Indian Territory, signed by Indian Wars hero)AuthorNolan, Captain Nicholas, Tenth CavalryHeadline1872 Buffalo Soldier Discharge in Indian Territory, signed by Indian Wars heroDate PublishedOct. 8, 1872 Lot #250 Two volumes from the Virginia Hampton Institute for Negro and Indian Youth View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(1874-1896 Virginia's Hampton Institute for Black Youth and its Jubilee Singers)Headline1874-96 Virginia's Hampton Institute and its Jubilee SingersDate Published1874 & 1896 Lot #251 Printed and handwritten business receipt from San Francisco’s First Black Printer and Artist View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(1876 San Francisco’s First Black Printer and Artist)Author[Grafton Tyler Brown]HeadlineHandwritten & litho'd receipt from SF's first Black printerPublisherLithographed by G.T. Brown & Co. for J. & P.N. Hanna, Cotton Importers, 308-310 Davis Street, SFDate PublishedOctober 12, 1876 Lot #252 Argument In behalf of appropriating unpaid bounties of United States colored soldiers to certain Institutions View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(1880 Negro Soldiers Civil War Bounties to fund Black Colleges)AuthorPainter, C.C. and S.C. ArmstrongHeadlineWork on Civil War Bounties for Colored SoldiersDate Published[c.1880] Lot #253 Twenty-Seventh Annual Report of the Directors of the Home for Aged Colored Women…for the Year 1886 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(1887 Boston Home for Aged Colored Women)Headline1887 Boston Home for Aged Colored WomenPublisherPress of L. Barta & Co.Date Published1887 Lot #254 Autograph letter, signed on pictorial stationery, with photograph of William Davis in black-face View details Estimate$60 - $90Sold for$50StatusSold Heading(1895 "Black-Face" Entertainment)AuthorHall, William DavisHeadlineALs from Wm Davis w/photo of "black-face" 1895Date PublishedAugust 20, 1895 Lot #255 Trusted African-American aide to 20 US Secretaries of State, letter to future Supreme Court Justice View details Estimate$240 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(1899 - Most influential Black civil servant in Washington)AuthorSavoy, Edward A[ugustine]HeadlineUS State Department, diplomacy, Black civil servantDate PublishedJuly 27, 1899 Lot #256 The Underground Railway (From the Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Second Series, Volume VIII, Pp. 49-77) View details Estimate$60 - $90Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(1902 Rare Canadian Account Of The Underground Railroad)AuthorWithrow, W.H.HeadlineThe Underground Railway 1902PublisherFor Sale by J. Hope & Sons, Ottawa; The Copp-Clark Co., Toronto; Bernard Quaritch, London, EnglandDate Published1902 Lot #257 Mortality Among Negroes in Cities / Proceedings of the Conference for Investigation of City Problems held at Atlanta University, May 26-27, 1896 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(1903 Mortality among urban Blacks, W.E.B.DuBois sponsored Atlanta study)AuthorBradford, George; R.R.Wright; et al.HeadlineStudy of Mortality Among Negroes in Cities, 1903PublisherAtlanta University PressDate Published1903 Lot #258 $5.00 Reward for the arrest and dentention of Henry Hill or Henry Belcher...black negro View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(1904 Wanted Postcard for "arrest and detention of... a black negro")HeadlineWanted postcard for "black negro" 1904Date Published1904 Lot #259 Pickaninny ABC View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(African American)HeadlinePickaninny ABC Dean's Rag Book RarePublisherDean's Rag Book Co. Ltd.Date Published1905 Lot #260 Letter by Hampton Institute student who became Madame C.J. Walker's legal confidante View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$0StatusSold Heading(1906 Madame C.J.Walker's confidante as Hampton Institute student)AuthorBrokenburr, Robert L[ee]Headline2 pp. letter from Robert Lee BrokenburrDate PublishedApril 20, 1906 Lot #261 Two rare leaflets promoting the Ethiopian Black Birds, a New York Black Quartette View details Estimate$60 - $90Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(1908 New York Black Quartette)Headline2 rare leaflets for a Black Quartett performing in NYCDate Publishedc.1908-09 Lot #262 “Reverend London Ferrill” [in] Lore of the Meadowland: Short Studies in Kentuckiana View details Estimate$60 - $90Sold for$37.50StatusSold Heading(1911 First Kentucky Black Preacher)AuthorTownsend, John WilsonHeadline“Reverend London Ferrill” 1911PublisherJ.L. Richardson & Co.Date Published1911 Lot #263 1914 letter, Fritz Pollard's brother at Harlem birthplace of Black basketball View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Heading(African-American - 1914 Black basketball, Harlem)HeadlineFritz Pollard's brother at Harlem birthplace of Black basketballDate PublishedJanuary 14th, 1914 Lot #264 First Annual Meeting of the Association of Colleges for Negro Youth at Knoxville College, November 7-8, 1913 - Knoxville College Bulletin Number 1, Series 12 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(1913 Prelude to the United Negro College Fund)HeadlineBulletin for the pre-cursor to the United Negro College FundPublisherKnoxville College Printing Dept.Date Published1913 Lot #265 Out of the House of Bondage View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(1914 Essays by Howard University Dean, eminent Black scholar Kelly Miller)AuthorMiller, KellyHeadlineFirst Edition of Out of the House of Bondage 1914PublisherNeale Publishing CompanyDate Published1914 Lot #266 Negro Education: A Study of the Private and Higher Schools for Colored People in the United States View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(1917 - Negro Education)AuthorJones, Thomas JesseHeadline1917 study on Negro Education in the United StatesPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1917 Lot #267 Three African-American historical calendars View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$0StatusSold Heading(1917-75 African-American historical calendars)Headline3 NAACP calendars from 1917, 1956, and 1975Date Published1917; 1956; 1975 Lot #268 Songs and Spirituals of Negro Composition for Revivals and Congregational Singing View details Estimate$60 - $90Sold for$50StatusSold Heading(1921 - 1st Black cosmetics company Negro Spirituals Ad Book)AuthorOverton-Hygienic Co.HeadlineSongs and Spirituals of Negro Composition for RevDate Published1921 Lot #269 Photos of first Black lawyer and community leader in Pasadena View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(African-Ameican - 1924 Photos of first Black lawyer and community leader in Pasadena)HeadlinePhotographs of first Black lawyer, community leader in PasadenaDate Publishedc.1924 Lot #270 Small collection of imprints of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People during its first half-century View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(1927-58 NAACP from Lynching to Little Rock)AuthorNAACPHeadlineNAACP offprints from 1927-58: From Lynching to Little RockDate Published1927-1958 Lot #271 Four programs for African-American theater productions View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(1930-45) Four Negro Theater Productions)Headline1930-45 Four Negro Theater Productions programsDate Published1930-1945 Lot #272 Program for “4 Saints In 3 Acts / An Opera to be Sung” View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(African American - 1934-41 Negro Operas: Gertrude Stein and an historic Aida)AuthorStein, Gertrude, words byHeadline1934-41 Negro Operas: Gertrude Stein and an historic AidaDate Published1934 Lot #273 Five musical volumes, each inscribed to singer Marian Anderson View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Heading(1937-1958 - Five books inscribed to famed Diva Marian Anderson)Author(Anderson, Marian)Headline5 volumes inscribed to singer Marion AndersonDate Published1937-1958 Lot #274 Two publications about the Southern Negro education and medical View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(1937-46 Southern Negro Education and Medical Care)Headline2 publications on Southern Negro education and medical care 1937-46Date Published1937-1946 Lot #275 The Child's Story of the Negro View details Estimate$60 - $90Sold for$87.50StatusSold Heading(1938 First popular Black childrens’ history book, Inscribed)AuthorShackelford, Jane DabneyHeadlineChild's Story of the Negro, inscribed by authorPublisherAssociated PublishersDate Published[1938] Lot #276 1938-39 Black Cartoonist's First Black Themes - within the pages of Esquire magazine View details Estimate$60 - $90StatusUnsold Heading(1938-39 First Black Cartoonist's Black Themes)AuthorCampbell, E. SimmsHeadlineE Simms Campbell illus from Esquire mag 1938PublisherEsquireDate Published1938-39 Lot #277 Two items published by early Georgia civil rights organizations View details Estimate$60 - $90Sold for$37.50StatusSold Heading(1939-1946 Early Georgia Civil Rights Organizations)Headline2 ephemeral items from early civil rights orgsDate Published1939 Lot #278 Committee of Racial Equality (CORE) - early membership leaflet/application View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(1940s Early CORE membership leaflet)HeadlineCORE leaflet / unused membership form c.1945Date Publishedc.1945 Lot #279 Fourth Annual Report / The Voting Status of Negroes in Virginia / 1943 / and Procedures and Requirements for Voting in Virginia View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(1943 Black voting rights in segregated Virginia)AuthorJackson, Luther P.Headline4th annual report of voting in VA 1943PublisherVirginia Voters LeagueDate PublishedMarch, 1944 Lot #280 Original 1943 art of Black woman, Macon, Georgia, by celebrity painter Michel Werboff View details Estimate$140 - $200StatusUnsold Heading(African-American, 1943 Werboff drawing)AuthorWerboff, MichelHeadlineOriginal 1943 Werboff drawing of Georgia black womanDate Published1943 Lot #281 13 issues of Negro College Quarterly of Wilberforce University during World War II View details Estimate$160 - $200Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(1943-47 Negro College Quarterly of World War II)HeadlineNegro College Quarterly, Wilberforce UniversityDate Published1943-1947 Lot #282 Four photographs of Black Jazz singing groups and band,1943-55 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$50StatusSold Heading(African-American music, 1943-55)HeadlineAfrican-American, music, photographsDate Published1943-1955 Lot #283 1944 NAACP Black soldier Christmas Seals - one sheet View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(African American - 1944 NAACP Black soldier Christmas Seals)Headline1944 NAACP Black soldier Christmas SealsDate Published1944 Lot #284 A Brief Biography of Robert Nathaniel Dett View details Estimate$60 - $90Sold for$0StatusSold Heading(1931-44 Rare Hampton obituary booklet on Black Composer Robert Nathaniel Dett and program for a concert by the Hampton Institute Choir)AuthorPope, MargueriteHeadlineBooklet, plus signed photo by Marguerite PopePublisher[Hampton Institute Press]Date Published[1931-43] Lot #285 Petition to Mayor Finerty and School Board - 1945 Gary, Indiana Fights Over School Integration View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(African American - 1945 Indiana fight over School Integration)HeadlinePetition to Mayor Finerty and School Board 1945PublisherPat Riley, Indiana State C.I.O. Anti-Discrimination CommitteeDate Published[October, 1945] Lot #286 The Negro in America. Resource Materials prepared by the Committee for Observance of Negro History Week, San Francisco, 1945 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(1945 Negro History Week in San Francisco)AuthorAnderson, A.M, Chairman; and Matt N. Crawford, CoordinatorHeadlineNegro History Week in SF 1945 publicationDate Published1945 Lot #287 The Negro Market Today View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(1947 First Advertising guide for Negro Consumers)HeadlineRare Negro Market Today publication Assoc. Pub. 1947Publisher[Associated Publishers, Inc.]Date Published[1947] Lot #288 Original photograph of Josephine Baker shopping in a French resort town with one of her 12 adopted children View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(1950s Josephine Baker, original photo of the entertainer shopping in a French resort town with one of her 12 adopted children)HeadlineOriginal 1950s photograph of Josephine Baker w/her adopted sonDate Published1950s Lot #289 Ten issues of two would-be rivals to Jet Magazine, from 1953-1954: The Negro Review and Brown View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(1953-54 Scarce would-be rivals to Jet Magazine)Headline10 issues of Black beauty/fashion/lifestyle magazines 1953-54Date Published1953-1954 Lot #290 Two printed programs: NAACP in Hollywood and Program in Honor of Negro History Week View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(1953-57 NAACP in Hollywood, Mahalia Jackson and Langston Hughes)Headline2 programs for African American 1950s eventsDate Published1953-1957 Lot #291 US Magazine - February 1954 - possibly only issue View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(1954 Black Memphis (music) magazine, only known copy of the only issue)AuthorJohnson, T.J. editor-in-chiefHeadlineFirst and only issue of US Magazine for African AmericansDate PublishedFebruary, 1954 Lot #292 The Negro in the St. Louis Economy, 1954 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(1954 Negro in St. Louis Economy, Urban League study)AuthorSobel, Irwin, Werner Hirsch, and Harry HarrisHeadline1954 Negro in St. Louis Economy, Urban League studyPublisherThe Urban League of St. Louis, Inc.Date Published1954 Lot #293 Hearings before the United States Commission on Civil Rights…held in Jackson, Miss., February 16-20, 1965 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(1965 US Civil Rights Commission probes Mississippi)HeadlineCivil Rights Hearings in 2 vols. 1965PublisherUS Government Printing OfficeDate Published1965 Lot #294 Fifty-two African-American themed post cards, advertising ephemera, etc. View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(African American Ephemera)HeadlineCollection of African American post cards and advertisementsDate Published19th & 20th Centuries Lot #295 A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq; Now Lord Anson, Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorAnson, GeorgeHeadlineAnson roams the PacificPublisherJohn and Paul KnaptonDate Published1748 Lot #296 History of the Azores, or Western Islands; Containing an Account of the Government, Laws, and Religion, the Manners, Ceremonies, and Character of the Inhabitants: and Demonstrating the Importance of These Valuable Islands to the British Empire. View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Author[Ashe, Thomas]HeadlineThomas Ashe A History of the Azores 1813PublisherSherwood, Neely, and JonesDate Published1813 Lot #297 Official Guide to Launceston and Northern Tasmania View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Australia)AuthorThe Northern Tasmania Tourist AssociationHeadlineTourism Guide to Tasmania, rare c.1908Date Published[c.1908-1909] Lot #298 A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic Regions; Undertaken Chiefly for the Purpose of Discovering a North-East, North-West, or Polar Passage Between the Atlantic and Pacific View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorBarrow, JohnHeadlineA Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic RegionsPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1818 Lot #299 Travels in Nubia; by the late John Lewis Burckhardt. Published by the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorBurckhardt, John LewisHeadlineBurckhardt's Travels in Nubia 1819PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1819 Lot #300 A Walk From London to Land's End and Back, with Notes by the Way. - Extra-Illustrated View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBurritt, ElihuHeadlineA Walk From London to Land's EndPublisherSampson Low, Son & MarstonDate Published1865 Items per page 102550100 Previous|123456|Next Previous 123456 Next Previous 123456 Next